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eight or ten, the latter end of April, and ftay all May and June, 

 •when they get very fat, and are much efteemed for the table. 

 In April and September taken on the Wilt/hire and Berkjbire 

 downs : in the beginning of the firft month are feen on the fea 

 fide at Meales in Lancajhire, continuing there about three weeks j 

 from thence remove northward to Leyton Haws, where they ftay 

 about a fortnight * -, and at the fame time are in plenty about 

 Holdernefs, and upon the Torkjhire woulds f. It is very probable 

 that they breed in the mountains of Cumberland and Weftmor eland, 

 as they appear there in May, and are not obferved there after the 

 breeding feafon J. 



They are common in the northern parts of Europe, where we Place, 



may fuppofe they likewife breed. Linn<sus fays, that they are 

 very frequent in Dalecarlia, and the Lapland alps ; and that they 

 vifit Sweden in May. Known to breed in the northern parts of 

 RuJJia and Sibiria ; appearing fouthward only in their migrations. 

 They are ftupid birds, and are eafily enticed into a net, or de- 

 ftroyed by the gun. 



Le Guignard d'Angleterre, Brif. Orn. v. p. 58. 6. 14. 



Dottrel, Albin, ii. pi. 63. Var. A. 



fpHIS varies little from the laft defcribed. Irides white : the Description. 



crown of the head varied with white, greyifh brown, and 

 pale yellow : fore part of the neck, bread, belly, fides, and thighs, 

 pale yellow and white mixed : the two middle tail feathers brown j 

 the others white : legs greenifh. 



* Br. Zool. f Mr. Tunftall. 



% Ten or twelve were fhot on the top of Skiddaw, in the month of June laft. 

 Dr. Heyjbam. — Breed on feveral of the Highland hilh. Flor. Scot. 



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